Medical Malpractice

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Top Ten Civil Justice Triumphs Of the Decade!

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Supreme Court, Pharmaceutical Industry, Karl Rove, Bankruptcy, General Motors, Chrysler, Medical Malpractice, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Al Franken, George W. Bush, Wyeth, Washington State, Bill Frist, Arbitration, Politics News

We look back with pride, and with some amazement really, at these great civil justice wins during the past decade. It hasn't been easy, and there are many to thank.

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Medical Malpractice and Health Care Costs: A New Study

D. Brad Wright | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Tort Reform, Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Politics News

In a slight change from the usual, I'm going to take a closer look at one of the major issues on the right: The need to reform the medical malpractice system.

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Mark Weinberger Found: American Doctor Accused Of Fraud Located In Italy On Mountain

AP | MARTA FALCONI and CHARLES D. WILSON | Posted 12.18.2009 | World

Read More: Negligence, Switzerland, Val Ferret, Indianna, Medical Malpractice, Rome, Nose Doctor, Aosta, Merriville, Mark Weinberger, World News

ROME — An American doctor on the run for five years as charges of fraud and malpractice mounted against him was arrested as he hid out on a snow...

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Illinois Supreme Court To Rule On Medical Malpractice

AP | Posted 12.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Supreme Court, Illinois, Medical Malpractice, Chicago, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court is announcing it will release a decision on whether the state's medical malpractice law is consti...

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Tania Solis Sues Over Botched Butt Job In Queens

nydailynews.com | By Thomas Zambito | Posted 12.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Butt Job, Butt Augmentation, Medical Malpractice, Elmhurst, Tania Solis, Bell Stetika Spa, New York News

A Queens woman is suing a Flushing spa, complaining she suffered disabling injuries during a procedure to augment her unflattering buttocks in June 20...

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What I've Learned About the Congressional Budget Office and Health Care

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Premiums, Orrin Hatch, Jay Rockefeller, Cbo, Tort Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Medical Malpractice, Politics News

The most powerful people in the health care debate right now can be found on the 4th floor of the Ford House Office Building, a nondescript WPA government structure once used by the FBI to store fingerprint records.

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Medical Malpractice Tort Reform - We Are Already Suffering and Don't Need More

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Nebraska, Medical Errors, California, Tort Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Indiana, Medical Malpractice, Politics News

Tort "reform" is a doozy of a misnomer. There is certainly nothing positive or beneficial about it.

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Boehner's Big Gift to the Drug Industry

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Herbert, Health Care Reform, Medical Errors, Tort Reform, Drug Industry, John Boehner, Medical Malpractice, Transparency, Politics News

It's always fun to see what politicians try to bury in fine print. Take, for example, the several hundred-page House Republican health care bill introduced by Mr. Boehner Of Ohio.

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Calls for "Tort Reform" Desperate Distraction From Health Care Debate

Anthony Tarricone | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Errors, Congress, Medical Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Politics News

There's an epidemic of medical negligence, not lawsuits. Only one in eight people injured by medical negligence ever file suit.

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GOP Health Bill In The Works; Boehner Says Republican Bill Would Extend Insurance Coverage To "Millions"

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in str...

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Medical Malpractice Insurers: Time to End Their License to Gouge

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Medical Malpractice, McCarran-Ferguson Act, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

Laws to repeal the anti-trust exemption for health insurance have been introduced in every Congress for many years. The industry has fought back every time and nothing was ever really accomplished -- until now.

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Kids Take Care Of Mom, Lisa Strong, Who Lost Her Arms, Legs (VIDEO)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Lisa Strong, Chloe Strong, Amputations, Amputee, Jesse Strong, Medical Malpractice, Emergency Room, Parenting, Kids Take Care of Mom, Kidney Stones, Home News

In the Strong family, it's the children who take care of their mother. Chloe and Jesse Strong are 10 and 11-years-old. They cook and clean. Chloe ...

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Bill Maher Talks Balloon Boy, Interviews Rep. Alan Grayson (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | Comedy

On "Real Time" this Friday, Maher began his show with a monologue about the the "balloon boy" saga surrounding the Heene family. Maher made some fun...

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The Spectre Haunting GE

BusinessWeek | Jeff Gerth | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Medical Malpractice, Problems With Mri, GE MRI, MRI Patients General Electric, MRI Problems, Ge Medical Problems, General Electric Medical Problems, Ge Medical Complications, Disease, MRI Patients, MRI Complications, Mri, Ge, Business News

Many MRI patients are injected with a GE dye to enhance images. If they have weak kidneys, they might develop a rare and sometimes fatal disease. n...

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Too Many Lawsuits? My Foot

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Malpractice, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Lawsuit, Politics News

Republicans seek to limit medical malpractice lawsuits. But actually, for every patient who sues, there are several who should but don't.

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Why Medical Malpractice Reform Is Off Limits

wsj.com | PHILIP K. HOWARD | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medical Malpractice Reform, Doctors, American Medical Association, Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Philip Howard, Politics News

Eliminating defensive medicine could save upwards of $200 billion in health-care costs annually, according to estimates by the American Medical Associ...

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Clueless Industry Lobbyists

Mike Lux | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance Industry, Mike Ross, Medical Malpractice, Politics News

Industry leaders oblivious to the harm people are suffering because of the messed up system should think a little more before they complain about attempts to reform the system for the better.

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The Return of Dr. Feelgood

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Insurance Industry, Obama, Health Insurance, Faust, Medical Malpractice, Robert Mueller, Dr. Feelgood, Home News

While this administration is still in its infancy, one can't help but think that what we are seeing is more of a massage than a substantive, and bold move in a new direction.

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Personal Responsibility: In Education? Yes! In Health Care? No!

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Hr 3200, Morals, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Ealthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Ethics, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

When President Obama gave his speech on health care, he spoke as though the phrase personal responsibility did not exist.

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Tort Reform is a Red Herring, Not a Silver Bullet

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Malpractice, Tort Reform, Medical Malpractice, President Obama, Medical Errors, Medical Costs, Medicine, Obama Speech to Congress, Politics News

Trial lawyers are a widely-despised lobby. Yet courts remain the only way individual Americans can redress grievances against the rich and powerful; they are a great leveler, and limits have had perverse effects.

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Obama Speaks to Children in Congress, Adults in High School

Don Parker | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wakefield High School, Tort Reform, Public Option, Medical Malpractice, Health Care Reform, Pre-Existing Condition, Joint Session of Congress, Republican Party, Rep. Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Kindergarten, Politics News

At Wakefield High School in Virginia, no student yelled at him, calling him a liar. Students didn't hold up signs and papers objecting to the points he was making. And none of the students booed him.

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Healthcare is an Unprincipled Non-System.

Deane Waldman | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vision, Bill of Rights, Healthcare System, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Medical Negligence, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Declaration of Independence, Obama Healthcare, ARRA 2009, hr3200, Problem Solving, Principles, Single Payer, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Electronic Medical Records, Health Care Is a Right, Strategy, Mission, Medical Malpractice, Medical Errors, Evidence Based Decision Making, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Hipaa, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Systems Thinking, Medical Costs, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Information Technology, Politics News

Everyone knows that you cannot cure a sick anything -- patient or system - without a correct diagnosis. What is the diagnosis for sick, "broken" healthcare?

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